Outside of being our capitol, I can't think of one good reason to have the games there. Traffic and weather alone should rule them out.

I consulted up there for 6 years. My colleagues used to ask me how I could stand the heat and humidity in FL during the summer. I honestly thought it was worse up there. The air quality is awful and it just sits and hangs like a death shroud. At least the air down here moves.

I think this would be great for DC, the cost of the Olympics is typically paid back six or seven fold. Once the Olympics are over there are dozens and dozens of profitable uses for the buildings and fields. Win-Win

Cheron:I think this would be great for DC, the cost of the Olympics is typically paid back six or seven fold. Once the Olympics are over there are dozens and dozens of profitable uses for the buildings and fields. Win-Win

Oh god, I don't think I could take third world countries making fun of the fact that none of the escalators work. The shame.

Also, I wonder how many times we'd hear, "Well, we're waiting for the athletes from Country Y because their team bus is stuck on the inner loop. WTOP reports they may arrive five hours from now, or 20 minutes if they walk."

YixilTesiphon:Cheron: I think this would be great for DC, the cost of the Olympics is typically paid back six or seven fold. Once the Olympics are over there are dozens and dozens of profitable uses for the buildings and fields. Win-Win

This is a joke, right? It must be a joke.

I really hope so.

Otherwise it's time to pee in a cup because he's obviously stoned out of his gourd.

YixilTesiphon:Cheron: I think this would be great for DC, the cost of the Olympics is typically paid back six or seven fold. Once the Olympics are over there are dozens and dozens of profitable uses for the buildings and fields. Win-Win

This is a joke, right? It must be a joke.

Six or seven fold, no, but the United States' most recent Olympics brought considerable positive changes to the cities that hosted them. The run-down area where they put the Olympic Centennial Park in Atlanta is now a tremendously hot property that's revitalized a whole section of the city, and Salt Lake City saw a serious boom - and was break-even just from immediate Olympic revenues. Los Angeles in 1984 saw a $200 million profit.

Hosting the Olympic Games can revitalize a city. Greece and Montreal are examples of what not to do, but that doesn't mean that every Games will be like that.

Oh god, I don't think I could take third world countries making fun of the fact that none of the escalators work. The shame.

Also, I wonder how many times we'd hear, "Well, we're waiting for the athletes from Country Y because their team bus is stuck on the inner loop. WTOP reports they may arrive five hours from now, or 20 minutes if they walk."

Actually, I like this for that reason- a lot of money tends to get dumped into things for the olympics. It never turns a profit, but who cares? It would be a big kick in the pants for public investment, and could result in the political will and money for a lot of desperately needed investments. You fold replacing RFK (getting the Washington football team back in the district), a new metro line with lots of new tunnels (call it the rainbow line, after the rings,and to stick a finger in the eye of Russia), lots of road work, development east of the river, so on and so forth all into the Olympic budget. Stuff happens that needs to happen anyway, and the DC area can benefit for years to come.

Cheron:I think this would be great for DC, the cost of the Olympics is typically paid back six or seven fold. Once the Olympics are over there are dozens and dozens of profitable uses for the buildings and fields. Win-Win

Cheron:I think this would be great for DC, the cost of the Olympics is typically paid back six or seven fold. Once the Olympics are over there are dozens and dozens of profitable uses for the buildings and fields. Win-Win

You haven't researched what has happened to the facilities of the last few summer games, have you?